About Stratonikeia
Near Yatağan, Stratonikeia combines Roman monuments, Ottoman village houses and Republican-era buildings within a Hellenistic city plan. Marble streets, gymnasium, theatre and council house are interwoven with Eskihisar's square, mosque and homes.
History
Antiochus I reorganised the city in the third century BCE and named it for his wife Stratonice, although settlement reaches back to earlier Carian communities. Large public buildings developed in Hellenistic and Roman times. A ceremonial road connected it with Hecate's sanctuary at Lagina. It became a Byzantine bishopric. The Ottoman village of Eskihisar later developed on the same site, reusing ancient stone and creating a multilayered architectural setting.
Highlights and principal structures
- Bouleuterion
- Theatre
- Gymnasium
- Northern city gate and colonnaded street
- Roman bath
- Eskihisar village square
Historical period
Hellenistic–Roman–Ottoman